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The games library

A suite of mathematical games designed to support and engage.

Games library

Cheese planet

Cheese planet
Stack the cheese bricks in ascending order. Be quick before the cheese rots away.

Mathematical aim: number.

  • Ordering whole numbers
  • Up to hundreds of millions

Octopushy

Octopushy
Use your friendly Octopus to herd the fish into a skeleton or a castle to reach a total.

Mathematical aim: addition.

  • Adding whole numbers
  • Place value method (split method)
  • Add to thousands

Ants' picnic

Ants' picnic
Can you send the right number of ants to capture food for the nest? Test your multiplication and addition skills but beware of the echidna!

Mathematical aim: multiplication.

  • Multiplication: single digits, tens and hundreds
  • Addition of multiples

PopUp paintbook

PopUp paintbook
Colour fractions to paint your own pop-up book.

Mathematical aim: fractions.

  • Fractions of a shape
  • Fractions of a group

Box ladders

Box ladders
Rescue the stranded numbles by dragging fraction, decimal and percentage ladders.

Mathematical aim: fractions, decimals, percentages.

  • Size of proper fractions
  • Size of simple decimals (one decimal place)
  • Size of simple percentages

Plushie cannon

Plushie cannon
Shoot the plushie toys from the cannon to hit the target. Can you find the pattern?

Mathematical aim: patterns.

  • Number patterns: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Positive whole numbers

Shape sketch

Shape sketch
Draw shapes to find out if you are an 'excellent' artist.  Work fast to beat the clock!

Mathematical aim: two-dimensional shapes.

  • Angles in degrees
  • 2D shapes: triangles, quadrilaterals, rectangles, squares, rhombuses, parallelograms
  • Geometrical terms: perpendicular, right-angle, acute, obtuse, reflex, isosceles, equilateral, regular

3D block builder

3D block builder
Can you picture things in 3D? Use blocks to build objects from their side, top and front views.

Mathematical aim: three-dimensional objects

  • 3D objects
  • Constructing from views

Floaty farms

Floaty farms
Attract sheep to your farm by building a field that has the right length of fence. Beware, you have a limited amount of grass.

Mathematical aim: perimeter.

  • Comparing area to perimeter

Floaty fences

Floaty fences
Fence in the right amount of land to attract sheep.

Mathematical aim: area.

  • Comparing perimeter to area

Meltoids

Meltoids
Create 3D blocks out of goo to exactly match the volume of the moulds.

Mathematical aim: volume.

  • Concept of volume in cubic units

Giftbox balance

Giftbox balance
Unwrap your gifts by finding their mass on a balance beam.

Mathematical aim: mass.

  • Mass in grams, kilograms, tonnes
  • Decimal notation

Time spring

Time spring
Set the alarm clocks to wake up the packages so that they get to the delivery point on time.

Mathematical aim: time.

  • Analog clocks
  • Time in 5, 10 and 15 minute blocks
  • Duration

World of WormCraft

World of WormCraft
The worm is hungry. Follow the directions to help him find his apples and collect his funny hats.

Mathematical aim: direction.

  • Arrows
  • Compass (N-E-S-W)
  • Grid (e.g. E6)

Chance invaders

Chance invaders
The bubbles are invading! Set the cannon to shoot the bubbles before they land.

Mathematical aim: probability.

  • Likelihood
  • Proportions

Graph it

Graph it
Turn data tables into colourful graphs before time runs out.

Mathematical aim: data.

  • Picture graphs (pictograms)
  • Column graphs (bar charts)
  • Sector graphs (pie charts)
  • Line graphs
  • Scale 1-to-1 and 1-to-many

Flocker

Flocker
Help the farmer line up his sheep in order. Beware, some of them are negative and some are even from Ancient Rome.

Mathematical aim: number.

  • Order numbers
  • Positive and negative whole numbers
  • Roman numerals

Operation caterpillar

Operation caterpillar
Turn caterpillars into butterflies by filling in the missing part of the equation.

Mathematical aim: number sentences.

  • Numeric equations
  • Postive whole numbers only
  • Order of operations including brackets

Blob fractions

Blob fractions
Use fractions to split the blobs into the correct sizes to balance the weight.

Mathematical aim: fractions.

  • Simple fractions of whole numbers

Replicons

Replicons
Help the replicons on their journey by building chains of decimals to cross the pits.

Mathematical aim: decimals.

  • Number line
  • Count by tenths (decimal)
  • Multipy simple decimals by whole numbers

Mystery menagerie

Mystery menagerie
Signal the space ship by adding the right animals to your farm. Can you work out what each animal is worth?

Mathematical aim: patterns and algebra.

  • Symbols for numbers
  • Number sentences
  • Whole positive numbers only
  • Finding values of unknowns

Peanut bridge

Peanut bridge
Rotate and resize shapes to plug the holes in the bridge so that the elephants can reach the peanuts.

Mathematical aim: transformations.

  • Enlargement
  • Rotation
  • Two dimensional shapes

 

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